WVU, Oklahoma Meet For Third Time

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia and Oklahoma will play a rare third regular season game on Wednesday night in Norman, Okla. The Sooners took the prior two games by scores of 77-70 in Orlando, Fla. back on Nov. 25 and 67-57 in Morgantown on Jan. 5.

Wednesday night's game will tip at 9 p.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2. MSN radio coverage begins with the Coliseum Countdown at 8:30 p.m.

• This will be the third meeting this season between WVU and Oklahoma. The two teams met in a rare non-conference game at the Old Spice Classic in November. The Sooners defeated the Mountaineers, 77-70, for third place. In WVU’s inaugural Big 12 Conference game on Jan. 5, the Sooners came away with a 67-57 victory at the WVU Coliseum.

• WVU is 23-11 in March under Bob Huggins, including wins in 11 of its last 17 games in the month of March. WVU is 38-18 in its last 56 games in the month of March.

• Bob Huggins has posted 25 conference road victories in five-plus years at WVU. WVU has three Big 12 road wins this year.

• Sixty-six of Bob Huggins’ 133 victories have been away from the WVU Coliseum.

• Bob Huggins coached in his 1,000th game at TCU on Feb. 9, a 63-50 Mountaineer victory.

• Bob Huggins, with 723 career wins, needs one win to tie Ray Meyer for 18th place on the NCAA Division I all-time winningest coaches list. Huggins recorded win No. 700 against Missouri State on Dec. 22, 2011. Huggins became the 20th Division I head coach to win 700 career games. Huggins’ record now stands at 723-283 in his 31st season as a head coach.

• West Virginia is playing its first season in the Big 12 Conference in 2012-13. The Mountaineers were members of the Big East Conference for the previous 17 seasons.

• WVU has won 95 of its last 122 games against unranked teams, including 49 of its last 55 at the WVU Coliseum.

• Bob Huggins is 16-16 in Big 12 Conference games. He is 6-10 at WVU, and his Kansas State team posted a 10-6 Big 12 record in 2006-07. The Wildcats finished fourth in the Big 12 in 2007.

• West Virginia is 60-46 under Bob Huggins in conference regular season games.

• WVU has started 12 different players this season with 13 different starting lineup combinations.

• Freshman Eron Harris leads WVU in scoring in Big 12 Conference games at 11.9 points per game. He has posted double figures in 11 of his last 14 games, including a career-high 25 points against Baylor.

• Bob Huggins has led WVU to the NCAA championship in each of his first five seasons. The last time WVU made five consecutive NCAA appearances was from 1955-60, when the Mountaineers went six consecutive years to the NCAA tourney.

• West Virginia has won 67 of its last 83 games when holding its opponents to 69 points or less.

• West Virginia is 39-1 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.

• West Virginia is 108-22 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime.

• West Virginia is 115-14 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game.

• West Virginia is 107-6 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent.

• West Virginia has won 73 of its last 84 games when scoring 70 or more points in a game.

• The Mountaineers are 96-14 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game.

• West Virginia is 110-29 under Bob Huggins when out-rebounding its opponent.

• West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 35 times under Bob Huggins (205 games).

• Twenty-four of the last 25 senior members of the men’s basketball team have graduated on time or early since 2004.

• West Virginia has a 128-34 (.797) record against teams in their first visit to the Coliseum.

• West Virginia is 67-19 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 35-16 mark in league games at home.

• WVU is 476-139 (.779) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 97-22 at the WVU Coliseum in the last eight seasons.

• Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 74.5 ppg, while holding its opponents to 61.7 ppg.

• WVU’s average margin of victory at the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins is +12.8.

• The Mountaineers have won 49 of their last 70 conference games at the WVU Coliseum.

• Bob Huggins has wins over 20 ranked teams since he has been the head coach at West Virginia, including eight over a Top-10 ranked team in the last six seasons.

• WVU is 12-13 all-time on March 6. The Mountaineers are 205-148 all-time in the month of March.